Gastric Emptying Study

[lightNlife]

Kybert,
You might want to read my article about how enzyme supplements work. The whole point is that they help break apart digested food to pull the nutrients out of it. This is a process that is supposed to happen at the start of the small intestine, which is where the pancreas is supposed to secrete enzymes naturally. If you wait to take them with food or (gasp!) after you've already eaten, you're not going to get any nutritive benefit from what you've eaten.

Here's the article on my blog: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://understandingcysticfibrosis.blogspot.com/2007/06/understanding-pancreatic-enzymes.html">http://understandingcysticfibr...ancreatic-enzymes.html</a>

 

[lightNlife]

Kybert,
You might want to read my article about how enzyme supplements work. The whole point is that they help break apart digested food to pull the nutrients out of it. This is a process that is supposed to happen at the start of the small intestine, which is where the pancreas is supposed to secrete enzymes naturally. If you wait to take them with food or (gasp!) after you've already eaten, you're not going to get any nutritive benefit from what you've eaten.

Here's the article on my blog: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://understandingcysticfibrosis.blogspot.com/2007/06/understanding-pancreatic-enzymes.html">http://understandingcysticfibr...ancreatic-enzymes.html</a>

 

[kybert]

cheers! good read.

 

[kybert]

cheers! good read.

 

[kybert]

cheers! good read.

 

[kybert]

cheers! good read.

 

[kybert]

cheers! good read.

 

[kybert]

cheers! good read.

 

[lightNlife]

I forgot to mention before that I was prescribed Reglan as a result of my gastric emptying study. It's a medication that stimulates the stomach and intestines to "start their engines" so to speak. It's also an appetite stimulant. I went off it for awhile, and I really noticed the difference in terms of how bloated I got.

 

[lightNlife]

I forgot to mention before that I was prescribed Reglan as a result of my gastric emptying study. It's a medication that stimulates the stomach and intestines to "start their engines" so to speak. It's also an appetite stimulant. I went off it for awhile, and I really noticed the difference in terms of how bloated I got.

 

[lightNlife]

I forgot to mention before that I was prescribed Reglan as a result of my gastric emptying study. It's a medication that stimulates the stomach and intestines to "start their engines" so to speak. It's also an appetite stimulant. I went off it for awhile, and I really noticed the difference in terms of how bloated I got.

 

[lightNlife]

I forgot to mention before that I was prescribed Reglan as a result of my gastric emptying study. It's a medication that stimulates the stomach and intestines to "start their engines" so to speak. It's also an appetite stimulant. I went off it for awhile, and I really noticed the difference in terms of how bloated I got.

 

[lightNlife]

I forgot to mention before that I was prescribed Reglan as a result of my gastric emptying study. It's a medication that stimulates the stomach and intestines to "start their engines" so to speak. It's also an appetite stimulant. I went off it for awhile, and I really noticed the difference in terms of how bloated I got.

 

[lightNlife]

I forgot to mention before that I was prescribed Reglan as a result of my gastric emptying study. It's a medication that stimulates the stomach and intestines to "start their engines" so to speak. It's also an appetite stimulant. I went off it for awhile, and I really noticed the difference in terms of how bloated I got.

 

[Jane]

It seems like this study is the hot new thing for CFers because of the corelation between reflux and worsening lung disease. My son had a gastric emptying study last summer because his CF doctor was convinced his cough was partially due to reflux. It turned out that he had several episodes of reflux during the test but the GI doc said it was within normal range. The study itself was no problem at all. Since Josh had a g-tube, they just put the radioactive stuff in the formula. I think they filled him WAY too full which was one reason he had the reflux. Mostly they just have the kid eat some scrambled eggs.

The PH probe insertion was the worse thing I have ever seen my kids go through. Both kids had it done the same day. They were relaxed with atavan before hand, but that didn't help. They nurses described it as "uncomfortable" which was a major understatement!

They have to have two nurse work on a kid and one parent to hold the kid's arms down. One nurse holds the kid's head and the other feeds a tube up his nose, down his throat and into his esophagus.

The problem is, YOU GAG. When you gag, your nose runs, when your nose runs you cough. When you cough AND your nose runs AND you are gagging, you can't breathe. SO you panic. You can't talk and everyone is holding you down so you freak out. If you have a good nurse, she realizes that the freak-out stage only lasts a few seconds. OUR nurse kept stopping and pulling out the tube so it lasted much longer than usual. Jesse thought he was going to die (three times). It was awful.

I'm glad your doc changed his mind about that.

BTW- our results were normal.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">

 

[Jane]

It seems like this study is the hot new thing for CFers because of the corelation between reflux and worsening lung disease. My son had a gastric emptying study last summer because his CF doctor was convinced his cough was partially due to reflux. It turned out that he had several episodes of reflux during the test but the GI doc said it was within normal range. The study itself was no problem at all. Since Josh had a g-tube, they just put the radioactive stuff in the formula. I think they filled him WAY too full which was one reason he had the reflux. Mostly they just have the kid eat some scrambled eggs.

The PH probe insertion was the worse thing I have ever seen my kids go through. Both kids had it done the same day. They were relaxed with atavan before hand, but that didn't help. They nurses described it as "uncomfortable" which was a major understatement!

They have to have two nurse work on a kid and one parent to hold the kid's arms down. One nurse holds the kid's head and the other feeds a tube up his nose, down his throat and into his esophagus.

The problem is, YOU GAG. When you gag, your nose runs, when your nose runs you cough. When you cough AND your nose runs AND you are gagging, you can't breathe. SO you panic. You can't talk and everyone is holding you down so you freak out. If you have a good nurse, she realizes that the freak-out stage only lasts a few seconds. OUR nurse kept stopping and pulling out the tube so it lasted much longer than usual. Jesse thought he was going to die (three times). It was awful.

I'm glad your doc changed his mind about that.

BTW- our results were normal.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">

 

[Jane]

It seems like this study is the hot new thing for CFers because of the corelation between reflux and worsening lung disease. My son had a gastric emptying study last summer because his CF doctor was convinced his cough was partially due to reflux. It turned out that he had several episodes of reflux during the test but the GI doc said it was within normal range. The study itself was no problem at all. Since Josh had a g-tube, they just put the radioactive stuff in the formula. I think they filled him WAY too full which was one reason he had the reflux. Mostly they just have the kid eat some scrambled eggs.

The PH probe insertion was the worse thing I have ever seen my kids go through. Both kids had it done the same day. They were relaxed with atavan before hand, but that didn't help. They nurses described it as "uncomfortable" which was a major understatement!

They have to have two nurse work on a kid and one parent to hold the kid's arms down. One nurse holds the kid's head and the other feeds a tube up his nose, down his throat and into his esophagus.

The problem is, YOU GAG. When you gag, your nose runs, when your nose runs you cough. When you cough AND your nose runs AND you are gagging, you can't breathe. SO you panic. You can't talk and everyone is holding you down so you freak out. If you have a good nurse, she realizes that the freak-out stage only lasts a few seconds. OUR nurse kept stopping and pulling out the tube so it lasted much longer than usual. Jesse thought he was going to die (three times). It was awful.

I'm glad your doc changed his mind about that.

BTW- our results were normal.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">

 

[Jane]

It seems like this study is the hot new thing for CFers because of the corelation between reflux and worsening lung disease. My son had a gastric emptying study last summer because his CF doctor was convinced his cough was partially due to reflux. It turned out that he had several episodes of reflux during the test but the GI doc said it was within normal range. The study itself was no problem at all. Since Josh had a g-tube, they just put the radioactive stuff in the formula. I think they filled him WAY too full which was one reason he had the reflux. Mostly they just have the kid eat some scrambled eggs.

The PH probe insertion was the worse thing I have ever seen my kids go through. Both kids had it done the same day. They were relaxed with atavan before hand, but that didn't help. They nurses described it as "uncomfortable" which was a major understatement!

They have to have two nurse work on a kid and one parent to hold the kid's arms down. One nurse holds the kid's head and the other feeds a tube up his nose, down his throat and into his esophagus.

The problem is, YOU GAG. When you gag, your nose runs, when your nose runs you cough. When you cough AND your nose runs AND you are gagging, you can't breathe. SO you panic. You can't talk and everyone is holding you down so you freak out. If you have a good nurse, she realizes that the freak-out stage only lasts a few seconds. OUR nurse kept stopping and pulling out the tube so it lasted much longer than usual. Jesse thought he was going to die (three times). It was awful.

I'm glad your doc changed his mind about that.

BTW- our results were normal.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">

 

[Jane]

It seems like this study is the hot new thing for CFers because of the corelation between reflux and worsening lung disease. My son had a gastric emptying study last summer because his CF doctor was convinced his cough was partially due to reflux. It turned out that he had several episodes of reflux during the test but the GI doc said it was within normal range. The study itself was no problem at all. Since Josh had a g-tube, they just put the radioactive stuff in the formula. I think they filled him WAY too full which was one reason he had the reflux. Mostly they just have the kid eat some scrambled eggs.

The PH probe insertion was the worse thing I have ever seen my kids go through. Both kids had it done the same day. They were relaxed with atavan before hand, but that didn't help. They nurses described it as "uncomfortable" which was a major understatement!

They have to have two nurse work on a kid and one parent to hold the kid's arms down. One nurse holds the kid's head and the other feeds a tube up his nose, down his throat and into his esophagus.

The problem is, YOU GAG. When you gag, your nose runs, when your nose runs you cough. When you cough AND your nose runs AND you are gagging, you can't breathe. SO you panic. You can't talk and everyone is holding you down so you freak out. If you have a good nurse, she realizes that the freak-out stage only lasts a few seconds. OUR nurse kept stopping and pulling out the tube so it lasted much longer than usual. Jesse thought he was going to die (three times). It was awful.

I'm glad your doc changed his mind about that.

BTW- our results were normal.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">

 

[Jane]

It seems like this study is the hot new thing for CFers because of the corelation between reflux and worsening lung disease. My son had a gastric emptying study last summer because his CF doctor was convinced his cough was partially due to reflux. It turned out that he had several episodes of reflux during the test but the GI doc said it was within normal range. The study itself was no problem at all. Since Josh had a g-tube, they just put the radioactive stuff in the formula. I think they filled him WAY too full which was one reason he had the reflux. Mostly they just have the kid eat some scrambled eggs.

The PH probe insertion was the worse thing I have ever seen my kids go through. Both kids had it done the same day. They were relaxed with atavan before hand, but that didn't help. They nurses described it as "uncomfortable" which was a major understatement!

They have to have two nurse work on a kid and one parent to hold the kid's arms down. One nurse holds the kid's head and the other feeds a tube up his nose, down his throat and into his esophagus.

The problem is, YOU GAG. When you gag, your nose runs, when your nose runs you cough. When you cough AND your nose runs AND you are gagging, you can't breathe. SO you panic. You can't talk and everyone is holding you down so you freak out. If you have a good nurse, she realizes that the freak-out stage only lasts a few seconds. OUR nurse kept stopping and pulling out the tube so it lasted much longer than usual. Jesse thought he was going to die (three times). It was awful.

I'm glad your doc changed his mind about that.

BTW- our results were normal.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">